diff --git a/Makefile.validation b/Makefile.validation
index e53fb4f9f..80e0867fc 100644
--- a/Makefile.validation
+++ b/Makefile.validation
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ kind-install: kind-build
 	kind version
 
 kind-create-cluster:
+	export KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER=native
 	$(KIND) create cluster --config $(KIND_CONFIG_DIR)/$(KIND_CONFIG) --image kindest/node:$(KIND_IMAGE_VERSION) --wait $(KIND_WAIT)
 
 kind-delete-cluster: